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nqt produce fugh be#f # is tp he mst with in England r it
is Rpt, however, by any mja&ns ip had as reprefented by
fG,mj8 travellers Jo be 5 qn the contrary, I have feen and eat
here tolerably gpod, fweet, well-tailed beef. I never
faw gay mutton j they have indeed a few iheep, but they
are iiasHi thin, and lean. The gardens furnilh moft
%rt§ *@f European pfpdw&io»§> fueh as eabbagesjlettuee,
pulley, }eek§, white radifheg, beans, pe&fe, kidney beans,
turnips, water tnelpas, excellent pumpkins, and pine-apples
of a ftqall and indifferent hind, -The e.pnntry likgwife prQr
d^cps, ip the mod unbounded degree» iimo§, acid and fweet
lemony, oranges of. an ifagienfp hpe and exqhifit e flavour,
plantains, bananas, yams, cpcpa-nutg, eafhoo apples and
put«, and fame mango?. For the -nfe pf the flaves and
pppyer fort of people, the capado recultivated in great
plepty ? but this eannot bp dpne through a want %£ corn
fpr bread, a? I never faw finer* flpur thaP- thii place,, which
i? plentiful» and remarkahly cheap,
•Rr^yni, the northern parts, furhlfhes
a number of excellent drvig8* In the fhqps pf the druggifts
gnd apothecaries of Rio de Janeiro, of which there are many,
hippo, qil pf caftqi;* bqlfem capiva, with mpft of the valu-.
able
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able gums, and all o f an excellent quality, are to he found; . 1787.
hutsthey are ibid at a much dearer jfr^te than could poflibly fePt6mher-
have been conceived or expected ^ a cauntry'of which they
are, the natural , prbduc-ei! : *
>^The rkhMipf tins country, arifipg 60m the mines,, arq
certainly very great. T o go near, or to get a fight, of theft
inexhauftible treafuriesj: is impoffible, a? every paft leading to
them is ftrongly guarded; and even a .perfon. taken on the
road, ucilefS ihe be able to give.a clear and unequivocal
account of himfelf and his- hnfincfs, is iraprifcned, and p e r haps
compelled ever after to work in thofe fiabterraaeaus
«avities, which avarice, or an ill-timed and fatal curiofity,
may have prompted him to approach. Thefe nircumftance#
made a trial to fee them without permi/Iion (and that per^
miffion I uaderftand has never been granted the tmoft favoured
foreigners) too dangerous to be attempted.
In addition to the above f e w x o f wealth, the .country
produces excellent tobacco, and likewife fugar eanes, from
which the inhafaitmrte make good £ugar, and draw a
fpirit<called &q undent#, This dphsit, by proper management,
and being kept till it is pf a proper age,: become tolerable
rum. As it is fold very .cheap, the .commodore pikchaftd .a
K ' hundred;